Bejeweled Stars

The mother of all jewel games is back

Bejeweled Stars is the newest addition to the trendy saga of puzzle games where you have to join brightly colored gems together on your game board to make them disappear with a bang into a colorful explosion. And, as expected, it arrives with very interesting changes on its already familiar mechanics.

Among the improvements to Bejeweled Stars, the one that really stands out is the presence of rivers within scenes. All the jewels that you find in a river, will slide down following its course every time you make a move. This adds on a new element of strategy to your matches that'll keep you on your toes.

Another new option is choosing to use different special powers during matches, as well as the addition of special gems. In some levels, you'll need to smash a certain number of gems, as well as another certain number of special jewels. And of course, you'll also get a maximum number of moves you can use to meet your objective in each match.

Bejeweled Stars is an excellent puzzle game that improves greatly on many aspects of earlier editions in this saga. The game has over 200 different levels. Also, all of them allow you to compete with your Facebook friends to see who gets a better score.

By Erika Okumura

Bejeweled Stars: The puzzle saga is back on Android

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